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Operation Uncool @ Digital Youth Forum
Survey conducted during the forum held in Warsaw on 25 May 2017
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The co-organization of the Digital Youth Forum including the survey, is an activity conductedunder the framework of the Regional Initiative for Europe on “Building Confidence and Securityin the use of Telecommunications/ICTs” adopted by the World TelecommunicationDevelopment Conference 2014, Dubai.
The Digital Youth Forum was attended by 500 youth with 3000 remote participants.
The survey was administered to the youth present and 200 responses were obtained for analysis.
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Europe Regional Initiative
• Co-organized by ITU with the Empowering Children Foundation, Safer Internet, EU and other stakeholders.
• Designed for youth, by youth and about youth
• Concentrates on online safety as well as creative and innovative uses of new technologies as an alternative to risky online behaviours.
• Served as a platform for collecting the views of the young people on how their rights relate to their use of digital media and technologies like computers, the internet and mobile devices.
• DYF objectives • to talk about online safety in an attractive and inspiring way
• to promote creative use of new technologies
• to foster creativity, innovation and efficacy in the field of new technologies and internet
• to empower, inspire and motivate
• to introduce role models and mentors
• to provide opportunities for collaborations and networking
• to support youth activism incorporating online tools and new technologies
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Digital Youth Forum (DYF)
• Launched in 2016 by RErights.org and ITU’s Child Online Protection (COP) initiative• Rerights.org : Western Sydney University, the Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre Australia, UNICEF’s
Voices of Youth and Digitally Connected.
• Invites young people to explore how their rights relate to their use of digital media and technologies like computers,the internet and mobile devices
• A consultation inviting young people to share their ideas and experiences.
• Two rounds of the consultation effected
• Allows the COP Council Working Group Members to consider young people’s opinions andreport their concerns to relevant stakeholders so they can reflect young people’s needs inpolicymaking.
• Third round of the consultation is around the topic of digital skills and education.
• Survey results will be part of the consultation.
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Operation uncool
What should school teach you to ensure you have the best online experience?
Technology evolves fast and it isn’t always easy to keep up with the skills required to make the most of what technologyhas to offer. Help us determine how education, and schools especially, can stay on top of it so that children are wellprepared to enjoy their online experiences.
1. Technology education
• What aspects of technology are you being taught in school?
• What would you like to learn at school to be better prepared for the future?
2. Cyber safety training
• Have you received any information or training at school on how to be safe online?
• Would you say that this information/training made you feel.. safer - no change ?
3. Online participation
• Does school help you discover/understand the opportunities that new technologies can offer?
• Have you ever been shown/told about other people using technology to improve their life or the life of others?
• Do you feel confident in your ability to make the most of what technology has to offer?
• Do you feel confident in your ability to use technology to meet your needs now and in the future?
• Are you a member of any online community?
• Have you ever posted something online to express an opinion, support a cause or react to some event or current affair?
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Survey Questions
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Survey Results
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42
45
63
75
86
92
127
137
147
160
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180
NONE OF THE ABOVE
USE MESSAGING TOOLS (CHATS, SKYPE…)
OTHER
MAKE VIDEOS
CREATE ACCOUNTS FOR DIFFERENT PLATFORMS OR APPS
BUILD WEBSITES/APPS
CODE/WRITE COMPUTER PROGRAMMES
STAY SAFE ONLINE
CREATE AND SAVE DOCUMENTS AND FILES
SEARCH FOR INFORMATION ONLINE
USE DIFFERENT PROGRAMMES (E.G. WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT ETC.)
What aspects of technology are you being taught in school?
By ITU Europe Coordination
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Survey Results
39
44
47
48
62
65
80
120
123
127
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
USE MESSAGING TOOLS (CHATS, SKYPE…)
CREATE ACCOUNTS FOR DIFFERENT PLATFORMS OR APPS
CREATE AND SAVE DOCUMENTS AND FILES
STAY SAFE ONLINE
OTHER
SEARCH FOR INFORMATION ONLINE
USE DIFFERENT PROGRAMMES (E.G. WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT ETC.)
MAKE VIDEOS
BUILD WEBSITES/APPS
CODE/WRITE COMPUTER PROGRAMMES
What would you like to learn at school to be better prepared for the future? [rank top 5]
By ITU Europe Coordination Team
94%
6%
Have you received any information or training at school on how to be safe online?
yes
no
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Survey Results
By ITU Europe Coordination Team
35
63
79
80
100
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
DID NOT CHANGE THE WAY YOU FEEL ABOUT BEING ONLINE
MORE AWARE OF THE RISKS AND THEREFORE MORE WORRIED
REASSURED ABOUT THE THINGS YOU CAN DO ONLINE
SAFER ONLINE
MORE AWARE OF THE RISKS BUT ALSO BETTER PREPARED TO AVOID THEM
Would you say that this information/training made you feel…[tick all that apply]
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Survey Results
By ITU Europe Coordination Team
63%
37%
Does school help you discover/understand the opportunities that new technologies can offer?
yes
no
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Survey Results
By ITU Europe Coordination Team
77%
23%
Have you ever been shown/told about other people using technology to improve their life or the life of others?
yes
no
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Survey Results
By ITU Europe Coordination Team
22
53
127
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
LOW
HIGH
MEDIUM
Do you feel confident in your ability to make the most of what technology has to offer?
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Survey Results
By ITU Europe Coordination Team
22
60
118
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
LOW
HIGH
MEDIUM
Do you feel confident in your ability to use technology to meet your needs now and in the future?
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Survey Results
By ITU Europe Coordination Team
91%
9%
Are you a member of an online community?
yes
no
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Survey Results
By ITU Europe Coordination Team
84%
16%
Have you ever posted something online to express an opinion, support a cause or react to some event or current affair?
yes
no
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Survey Results
By ITU Europe Coordination Team
1. Technology education
• Searching information, using programmes (excel, word) and staying safe online are most common aspects of technology being taught in schools.
• Coding, building apps, making videos are aspects that youth would you like to learn at school to be better prepared for the future.
2. Cyber safety training
• Almost all (94%) youth present have received information or training at school on how to be safe online.
• School online safety training helps the youth increase their awareness but does not necessarily make them feel safer online.
3. Online participation
• Schools should focus more on helping the youth to discover/understand the opportunities that new technologies can offer.
• There is scope to show/tell the youth more about other people using technology to improve their life or the life of others.
• More actions could be proposed to make the youth more confident in their ability to make the most of what technology has to offer
• More actions could be proposed to make the youth more confident in their ability to use technology to meet their needs now and in the future.
• Most young people are in online communities.
• Many young people interact online to indicate their opinions.
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Conclusion
